Winfield Scott Indian
Removal Act 100 million
Osceola
Seminole

Trail of Tears 1,500
Indian Territory Cherokee

Illinois
Chief Justice
john Marshall
Black Hawk
17,000

Moving Native Americans
After Congress passed the (1) in 1830, Jackson sent federal officials to negotiate treaties with the Native Americans in the Southeast. In 1834 Congress created the (2) , an area in present-day Oklahoma. President Jackson supported Georgia’s efforts to remove the (3) even after
(4)ruled against Georgia. Most of the
(5)Cherokee refused to give up their land. In 1838
(6) and an army of 7,000 federal troops went to Georgia to remove the Cherokee from their homes and lead them west. Thousands of Cherokee died on the forced journey west, which became known as the
(7) Native American Resistance
In 1832 the Sauk chieftain (8)led a force of Sauk and Fox peo- ple back to (9) , their homeland. Most of the Sauk and Fox were killed by the state militia. The (10) of
Florida were the only Native Americans who successfully resisted their removal. Chief
(11) and his people went to war against the United States rather than leave Florida. By 1842 more than (12)American soldiers had died, and the government gave up. Native Americans gave up more than
(13)acres in exchange for $68 million and 32 million acres.